Turkey's Erdogan warns Trump over Israel

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to break off diplomatic ties with Israel if US President Donald Trump goes ahead with his campaign pledge to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state.

"Mr Trump, Jerusalem is a red line for Muslims," Erdogan said in a speech to MPs from his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in parliament in Ankara on Tuesday.

Jerusalem is claimed by both the Israelis and Palestinians as their capital. Israel considers Jerusalem to be its unified capital and in 1967 annexed the eastern half of the city, which the Palestinians say must be the capital of a future Palestinian state. The Muslim world supports the Palestinian claim and rejects Israel's annexation.